Bag



Dec. 27, 1938. P. M. FRlEDLAND ER BAG Filed April 22, 1937 I I j E ATTORN EY Patented Dec. 27, 1938 UNITED STATES BAG Philip M. Friedlander,

Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Bertha Friedlander, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application April 22,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to bagsand while I do not wish to limit the same to any particular use, I have shown my invention embodied in the types of bags commonly used for carrying a plurality 5 of folding chairs. It is common for undertakers and others to use canvas and cloth bags for protecting and for carrying folding chairs, and I have shown in the drawing a bag of the type so used in carrying a group of folding chairs. The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient method of closing the open side of a bag and for holding the flaps in closed condition while the bag is being carried. In one form of the invention K have shown four flaps at the open side of the bag, one flap projecting from each of the four sides of the bag. One of these flaps is provided with a loop and the other flaps are provided with openings therethrough and through these openings 0 the loop referred to is adapted to be passed in successive order as the several flaps are folded into closed position so that when all four flaps have been folded into closed position the loop referred to, which is attached to the lower flap of the set, will project above the topmost fiap and through this extended portion of the loop the exterior strap which is passed around the entire bag is passed so that the outside strap cooperates with the loop and holds all of the flaps neatly in their closed position.

In another form of my invention I have shown only two flaps adapted to lie in overlapping positions and the loop is connected with one of these fiaps and passes through an aperture of the other flap in order to interlock the flaps and to permit the outside or carrying strap to be passed through the loop.

The features shown in my Letters Patent No.

1,951,694 may be combined with the new features of my present case if desired. Other features will be apparent from the following detailed description of my invention.

In the drawing forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the bag embodying my invention with the parts all shown in closed position,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 1,

4 l of Figure 3,

1937, Serial No. 138,353

Figure 5 is an end view of the bag while in open position,

Figure 6 is an elevation of a bag showing my invention in a modified form,

Figure 7 is a plan View thereof with the bag in open position,

Figure 8 is a similar view with the bag in closed position,

Figure 9 is a plan view of a buckle to be used on the strap,

Figure 10 is an elevation thereof, and

Figure 11 is a perspective View of the movable middle pin of the buckle.

I will first describe the bag made according to Figures 1 to 5 inclusive. In this construction the bag includes opposed side walls i, opposed end walls 2, a bottom 3 and the flaps to be described, for closing the top of the bag. While the bag illustrated is oblong in cross section it will be understood that it may be made square or any other shape. In this combination, as illustrated, there are two flaps 4, 5 contiguous with the two side walls of the bag and there are two flap-s t, l contiguous with the two end Walls of the bag. Preferably, there is a continuous piece of tape 8 binding all the edges of all four flaps as a reinforcement to prevent tearing of the material especially at the meeting corners of the flaps.

One of'the flaps is provided with a loop 9 and it may be any one of the four flaps. I have shown a loop 9 attached to the end flap 6. The other three flaps are provided with means to interlock with this loop and this preferably consists of an aperture I0 through each of the flaps 4, 5, 1 through which the loop may be passed.

There is an outside strap ll having a buckle l2 and this strap passes outside the bag around the ends, the bottom and the top of the bag. This strap passes through any number of loops E3 on the end and bottom walls of the bag which keep the strap in place.

The buckle shown in Figures 9 to 11 may be used for tightening the strap Ii around the buckle. This buckle is of simple construction and it permits the strap I l to be tightened around the bag very quickly; it is adapted to hold the strap firmly, and it may be very easily and quickly released. The strap II is provided with a loop 40 on one end which engages around one of the cross bars 4| of the buckle frame 62. This buckle frame consists of two side bars shown arranged parallel to each other with the cross bar 4! arranged at one end of the side frames and with another cross bar 44 arranged at the opposite end of the frame and parallel with the bar 4|. The bar or pin 45 shown in perspective in Figure 11 has two flattened pintles 46 one on each end, which pintles extend into the slots 41 in the side bars 43. These pintles prevent the bar 45 from revolving and they are themselves slidable in the slots 41 so that the bar 45 which lies parallel with the bars 4| and 44 is adapted to move laterally between the bars 4| and 44.

As stated above, one end of the strap H has a loop 45 engaging around the bar 4| so that one end of the strap is thus anchored to this bar. There is a short strap 48 having one end looped at 49 around the bar 44. The free end of the strap I l, i. e., the end opposite to that having the loop 40, after the strap is passed around the bag, has its free end pass upwardly between the frame members 43 and between the loop 49 and the cross bar 45. The free end of the strap is then passed downwardly in the space between the cross bar 45 and the loop 49 of the short strap 48.

To tighten the strap around the bag, the free end 59 of the strap is drawn toward the left in Figure 10, which will cause the strap II to tighten around the bag. When the pull on the free end 56 of the strap is released, the tension on the left hand portion of the strap H in Figures 9 and 10 causes the rod 45 to be pulled to the left in these views so that the end 59 of the strap I! is crowded against the loop 453 of the short strap 48 which is itself crowded against the bar 44 so that the loop 5| is locked.

The pintles 45 are flattened so that the bar 49 cannot revolve or, in other words, act as a roller. As the loop 5| is thus locked, the strap remains tight around the package. To release the buckle, the free end of the short strap 48 is grasped in the hand and is moved upwardly in Figure it. This causes the buckle to rock from the bar 4| so that the pressure of the bar 45 toward the bar 44 is released and this allows the loop 5| to slide or move about the bar 45 so that the end 56 will pull out from between the bar 45 and the bar 44 and thus release the free end of the strap.

This type of buckle needs no prongs or other members piercing the strap and causing it to wear; the strap may be tightened to any particular point, and the buckle is quickly and easily released by simply lifting the short strap 48.

Operation After the articles which are to be carried in the bag have been placed therein, the bag is closed in the following manner: First the flap E5 which has the loop 9 is folded across the open end of the bag, as shown in Figure 2. Then the end flap 1 is folded across the open end of the bag and the loop 9 is passed through the aperture lil in the flap 1. Then the side flap 4 may be folded across the open end of the bag and across the flaps 6 and T, and the loop 9 is passed through the aperture H1 in the flap 4 which now registers with the aperture ID of the flap 1. The flop 5 is then folded across the open end of the bag and. the loop 9 is passed through the aperture ID of the flap 5 so that the, parts are arranged in the position shown in Figures land 2. The loop 9 which is attached to the lowermost flap passes successively through the apertures l9 of the flaps 1, 4 and 5. and the loop projects above the flap 5. One end of the outer strap H is now passed through the protruding portion of the loop 9 and this is then attached to the buckle end of the strap and the strap is drawn tight and'the buckle closed. The whole bag with its contents may be carried by grasping the strap preferably between the adjacent loops l3 shown in Figure 5.

It will be apparent that even if the bag should be inverted the contents cannot fall out because all the flaps are locked together by the loop 9 and the latter is held by the strap H. In other words, the flaps are all retained in their folded positions regardless of any position the bag may As stated above, the bag may be provided with vertical dividing Walls l5 forming separate compartments I6 for the reception of individual folded chairs, so that the latter will not rub directly against each other. If desired, the upper edges of these partitions may be provided with apertures through which the strap ll, having one end attached to one of the side walls of the bag, may be passed through the openings in the partitions and united with another strap 58 having one end attached to the opposite side of the bag. These straps, therefore, will prevent the partitions l5 from sagging, thereby preventing the chairs in the compartments IS from rubbing against each other.

In Figures 6 to 8 I have shown a modified construction of the bag wherein there are two parallel side walls i9 connected together by end walls 29 and I have shown vertical Walls 2| forming pockets 22 to receive individual folded chairs. In this form of the invention the side and end walls are carried the full depth of the bag but there are slots 23 extending downwardly from the open end of the bag to define the two flaps 24, 25 contiguous to the front and rear walls of the bag. One of these flaps 25 is provided with a loop 26 corresponding with the loop 9 in the previous construction. and when this flap is folded over across the open end of the bag the loop 25 1s passed through an aperture 27 in the flap 24 to attach these flaps together. In this form of the invention the outside strap 23 which passes through suitable loops 29 attached to the side walls of the bag has one end which is passed through the loop 26 after the flaps are folded and then the ends of the outer strap are united by means of the buckle 39 and the strap is drawn tight.

It will be apparent that if folded chairs are placed in the bag with the lower ends of the legs protruding into the extensions 3| that the flaps 24, 25 are folded across the end of the seat portion of the chairs and between the legs, or in other words, the flaps are not folded at the extreme outer end of the bag but in a line within the contour of the bag. Preferably, the loops 29 are extended laterally across the bag as shown in Figure 6 and formed into loops 32 to constitute a handle by which the bag and its contents may be carried. This construction is the same at both sides of the bag.

It will be seen that I have provided a bag having flaps adapted to be overlapped at the open side of the bag for the purpose of closing the bag and protecting its contents and that these flaps are interlocked and held by the outer or carrying strap so that the flaps are positively retained in their correct positions while the bag is being carried.

Having described my invention, what I claim In a bag, a body including side walls defining an oblong structure in cross section, the side walls at one end being folded upon themselves and secured in said condition to constitute a closed bottom end of the bag and open at the opposite end, the side Walls of the body extending beyond the open end and arrangedas closure flaps adapted to be folded inwardly into. overlapped relatio-n across and close the open end, one flap to constitute the lowermost flap in the folded condition of the flaps having a loop attached thereto, the other flaps having apertures corresponding to and through which the loo-p is adapted to be passed, short straps attached at the opposite ends in spaced relation to the exterior of the opposite sides of the body to extend transversely thereof intermediate the ends of the body to form loops and the intermediate portion of said short straps projecting from a side of the body to constitute hand grips, and a long strap longitudinally encircling the exterior of the body passing between the body and the loops formed by the short straps and passing through the flap loop above the flaps to secure the bag parts together and articles in the bag.

PHILIP M. FRIEDLANDER. 

